Product Management Job Trends

Product Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Product Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 343 246 314
Rank change year-on-year -97 +68 -14
Permanent jobs citing Product Management 612 608 644
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.52% 1.24% 0.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.72% 1.40% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 308 272 310
10th Percentile £36,600 £43,647 £42,400
25th Percentile £46,750 £57,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,047 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.34% +0.07% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £88,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £117,375 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £64,108
% change year-on-year -4.00% -2.51% -1.37%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Product Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,252 43,434 61,296
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.06% 88.68% 81.27%
Number of salaries quoted 58,899 24,470 34,327
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

Product Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Product Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Product Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Product Management
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Management

Product Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Management over the 6 months to 23 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Product Management in the UK

Product Management
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Management within the UK over the 6 months to 23 September 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -102 540 £60,000 -14.34% 1,937
London -26 317 £69,000 -13.75% 1,320
UK excluding London -155 231 £60,000 -4.00% 790
Work from Home -13 206 £59,338 -15.23% 718
North of England -33 66 £60,850 -14.60% 156
South East -118 55 £41,000 -34.40% 202
North West -3 47 £67,500 - 97
Midlands -51 37 £48,500 -19.17% 96
South West -74 31 £68,000 +19.83% 102
West Midlands -34 27 £48,500 -15.60% 62
East of England -47 23 £67,500 +3.05% 78
Yorkshire -41 17 £57,500 -25.81% 43
Scotland +13 12 £77,500 +47.62% 100
East Midlands -31 10 £38,347 -48.87% 34
Northern Ireland -85 4 - - 41
Wales -78 3 £65,000 +8.59% 18
North East -68 2 £90,000 - 16

Product Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 42 (6.86%) Confluence
2 20 (3.27%) CMS
3 10 (1.63%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (1.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (0.49%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.49%) Drupal
6 1 (0.16%) Apache
6 1 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.16%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.16%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 36 (5.88%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 32 (5.23%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
4 9 (1.47%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.98%) Moqups
6 5 (0.82%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.49%) AutoCAD
7 3 (0.49%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.33%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.16%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.16%) Trello
Business Applications
1 29 (4.74%) Workfront
2 14 (2.29%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.98%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.82%) Shopify
5 3 (0.49%) Distributed Ledger
5 3 (0.49%) iTrent
5 3 (0.49%) SAP PSCD
6 2 (0.33%) Fidessa
6 2 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.16%) Eikon
7 1 (0.16%) Magento
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.16%) PeopleSoft HCM
7 1 (0.16%) RMDS
7 1 (0.16%) SAP ECC
7 1 (0.16%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 77 (12.58%) AWS
2 74 (12.09%) SaaS
3 44 (7.19%) Azure
4 36 (5.88%) iPaaS
5 17 (2.78%) GCP
6 16 (2.61%) Figma
6 16 (2.61%) Power Platform
7 15 (2.45%) Google Workspace
8 11 (1.80%) GitHub
8 11 (1.80%) GitHub Copilot
8 11 (1.80%) Microsoft 365
9 9 (1.47%) Anthropic Claude
10 7 (1.14%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (1.14%) Dynamics 365
10 7 (1.14%) Microsoft Copilot
11 5 (0.82%) Copilot Studio
11 5 (0.82%) Power Automate
11 5 (0.82%) Zapier
12 4 (0.65%) Amazon Bedrock
12 4 (0.65%) Asana
Communications & Networking
1 42 (6.86%) Broadband
2 33 (5.39%) HTTP
3 11 (1.80%) Firewall
4 9 (1.47%) WAN
5 8 (1.31%) DNS
6 6 (0.98%) DHCP
6 6 (0.98%) LAN
6 6 (0.98%) NX-OS
6 6 (0.98%) SD-WAN
7 4 (0.65%) Multicast
7 4 (0.65%) Network Security
7 4 (0.65%) SAN
8 3 (0.49%) CTI
8 3 (0.49%) Intranet
8 3 (0.49%) MPLS
8 3 (0.49%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.49%) VSAT
8 3 (0.49%) WLAN
9 2 (0.33%) Skype
9 2 (0.33%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (6.37%) Metadata
2 15 (2.45%) Power BI
3 8 (1.31%) Big Data
4 7 (1.14%) SQL Server
5 6 (0.98%) BigQuery
6 4 (0.65%) Electronic Patient Records
7 3 (0.49%) Geospatial Data
8 2 (0.33%) Mixpanel
8 2 (0.33%) MySQL
8 2 (0.33%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.33%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.16%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.16%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.16%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.16%) Db2
9 1 (0.16%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.16%) Redis
9 1 (0.16%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.16%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 71 (11.60%) JIRA
2 11 (1.80%) Git
3 10 (1.63%) Claude Code
4 9 (1.47%) Selenium
5 8 (1.31%) GitLab
6 7 (1.14%) Postman
7 6 (0.98%) Cypress.io
7 6 (0.98%) Jenkins
8 4 (0.65%) JUnit
9 2 (0.33%) TestNG
10 1 (0.16%) Fiddler
10 1 (0.16%) Visual Studio
General
1 193 (31.54%) Social Skills
2 187 (30.56%) Finance
3 180 (29.41%) Marketing
4 91 (14.87%) Analytical Skills
5 86 (14.05%) Law
6 77 (12.58%) Banking
7 76 (12.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 53 (8.66%) Presentation Skills
9 50 (8.17%) Retail
10 46 (7.52%) Influencing Skills
11 36 (5.88%) Public Sector
12 34 (5.56%) Manufacturing
12 34 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
13 28 (4.58%) Legal
14 20 (3.27%) Telecoms
15 17 (2.78%) Publishing
16 15 (2.45%) Electronics
17 13 (2.12%) Pharmaceutical
18 11 (1.80%) Financial Institution
19 9 (1.47%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 162 (26.47%) Product Manager
2 92 (15.03%) Lead
3 79 (12.91%) Senior
4 62 (10.13%) Product Owner
5 50 (8.17%) Software Engineer
6 39 (6.37%) Senior Manager
7 35 (5.72%) Lead Software Engineer
8 34 (5.56%) Development Engineer
8 34 (5.56%) Software Development Engineer
9 27 (4.41%) Senior Product Manager
10 22 (3.59%) Product Lead
11 17 (2.78%) Senior Software Engineer
12 16 (2.61%) Technical Manager
13 15 (2.45%) Development Manager
14 13 (2.12%) Architect
14 13 (2.12%) Technical Engineer
15 12 (1.96%) Platform Manager
15 12 (1.96%) Project Manager
15 12 (1.96%) Technical Support
15 12 (1.96%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (6.86%) REST
2 17 (2.78%) HTML
3 15 (2.45%) Google Maps API
3 15 (2.45%) Terraform
4 13 (2.12%) React
5 9 (1.47%) LangChain
6 8 (1.31%) PyTorch
6 8 (1.31%) TensorFlow
6 8 (1.31%) XML
7 6 (0.98%) Pandas
7 6 (0.98%) Spring
8 5 (0.82%) CrewAI
8 5 (0.82%) CSS
8 5 (0.82%) LlamaIndex
8 5 (0.82%) Spring Boot
9 4 (0.65%) FIX Protocol
9 4 (0.65%) LangGraph
9 4 (0.65%) NumPy
9 4 (0.65%) Oracle Fusion
9 4 (0.65%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 194 (31.70%) Product Ownership
2 49 (8.01%) Social Media
3 39 (6.37%) Marketing Technology
4 37 (6.05%) Over-the-Top Content
4 37 (6.05%) Public Cloud
5 34 (5.56%) AI Agents
6 31 (5.07%) Management Information System
7 29 (4.74%) Onboarding
8 20 (3.27%) Cloud Native
9 16 (2.61%) Augmented Reality
10 15 (2.45%) Enterprise Software
10 15 (2.45%) Virtual Reality
10 15 (2.45%) Web Conferencing
11 14 (2.29%) Driving Licence
12 13 (2.12%) Data Centre
12 13 (2.12%) Distributed Systems
13 12 (1.96%) Biopharmaceutical
13 12 (1.96%) Enterprise Cloud
14 11 (1.80%) Blog
15 10 (1.63%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 16 (2.61%) Linux
2 15 (2.45%) Windows
3 4 (0.65%) Unix
4 3 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.49%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (0.33%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.16%) Android
6 1 (0.16%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.16%) CentOS
6 1 (0.16%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 340 (55.56%) Roadmaps
2 229 (37.42%) Agile
3 179 (29.25%) Product Roadmap
4 161 (26.31%) AI
5 142 (23.20%) Decision-Making
6 141 (23.04%) Stakeholder Management
7 138 (22.55%) Continuous Improvement
8 117 (19.12%) Customer Experience
9 114 (18.63%) Product Vision
10 111 (18.14%) Problem-Solving
11 103 (16.83%) User Stories
12 100 (16.34%) Product Backlog
13 99 (16.18%) Product Strategy
14 90 (14.71%) Software Engineering
15 88 (14.38%) Analytics
16 84 (13.73%) Project Management
17 77 (12.58%) User Experience
18 76 (12.42%) Product Requirements
19 75 (12.25%) Mentoring
20 67 (10.95%) Backlog Prioritisation
Programming Languages
1 51 (8.33%) Java
2 41 (6.70%) Python
3 16 (2.61%) SQL
4 12 (1.96%) TypeScript
5 11 (1.80%) C++
5 11 (1.80%) JavaScript
6 9 (1.47%) PowerShell
7 6 (0.98%) R
8 4 (0.65%) Bash
8 4 (0.65%) C#
9 3 (0.49%) ABAP
9 3 (0.49%) MATLAB
9 3 (0.49%) PHP
10 2 (0.33%) Bicep
10 2 (0.33%) Perl
11 1 (0.16%) C
Qualifications
1 150 (24.51%) Degree
2 43 (7.03%) Master's Degree
3 32 (5.23%) Security Cleared
4 31 (5.07%) MBA
5 28 (4.58%) SC Cleared
6 14 (2.29%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (1.96%) HND
8 11 (1.80%) HNC
9 10 (1.63%) Microsoft Certification
10 9 (1.47%) PhD
11 8 (1.31%) Cisco Certification
11 8 (1.31%) PMP
12 7 (1.14%) CCNA
12 7 (1.14%) PMI Certification
13 6 (0.98%) CSPO
13 6 (0.98%) MCSE
14 5 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
15 4 (0.65%) AWS Certification
15 4 (0.65%) DBS Check
16 3 (0.49%) Dell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (6.21%) QA
2 21 (3.43%) Accessibility
3 13 (2.12%) SLA
4 9 (1.47%) PMO
5 8 (1.31%) Data Quality
5 8 (1.31%) GDPR
6 3 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.33%) DICOM
7 2 (0.33%) GRC
7 2 (0.33%) HL7
7 2 (0.33%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.33%) NIST
7 2 (0.33%) PERC
7 2 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.16%) DO-178B
8 1 (0.16%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.16%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.16%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.16%) WCAG
System Software
1 9 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (1.31%) Docker
2 8 (1.31%) Firmware
3 6 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (0.98%) vSphere
4 5 (0.82%) Active Directory
5 4 (0.65%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.49%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.16%) KVM
7 1 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 8 (1.31%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.14%) FortiGate
3 3 (0.49%) WSUS
4 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.16%) Amdocs OSS
5 1 (0.16%) Ansible
5 1 (0.16%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.16%) Forefront Identity Manager
5 1 (0.16%) Kibana
5 1 (0.16%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 55 (8.99%) Microsoft
2 40 (6.54%) Adobe
3 31 (5.07%) Salesforce
4 26 (4.25%) Google
5 17 (2.78%) Facebook
5 17 (2.78%) OpenAI
6 15 (2.45%) Cisco
7 12 (1.96%) Oracle
7 12 (1.96%) Workday
8 9 (1.47%) VMware
9 8 (1.31%) SAP
10 6 (0.98%) FIS
10 6 (0.98%) Juniper
11 4 (0.65%) Fortinet
12 3 (0.49%) Aderant
12 3 (0.49%) CA Agile Central
12 3 (0.49%) Fujitsu
12 3 (0.49%) iManage
12 3 (0.49%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 3 (0.49%) ServiceNow